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Palo Alto NetworksCVE-2026-0294

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent: privilege escalation

Palo Alto Networks

CVE-2026-0294 · Published Aug 13, 2026 · updated Sep 9, 2026

Medium6.0
Fix: upgrade to 26.3 or later
Palo Alto Networks advisory

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Prisma Access Agent
Product
< 26.326.3
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-427

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